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INDEX. 



Viigc 

 od, 243— Reticulated Cloth, 

 244 — Iluds, ib. — Fronds or 

 Leaves, ib. — Leaves employed 

 as Thateh, ib. — Leaves used 

 for preserving fish, ib. — 

 Leaves employed to show 

 marks of respect, ib. — Used 

 to write upon, ib. — Baskets 

 for catching fish made from 

 them, 245— Houses made of, 

 ib. — Used for Oiiis , ib. — Harps 

 made of, lb. — Flower and 

 Fruit, ib . — Arrack made from, 

 ib.— Names of, 243— Uses of, 

 ib.— Root, ib.— Wood, ib. — 

 Maldive, Medicinal virtues in, 

 242 — Sold at high prices, ib. 

 Cups made of, ib. — Injured 

 by inscets,ib. — Flower, sweet 

 juice extracted from, 246 — 

 Husk of, 250— Oil, 251— Du- 

 ties on, 252 — Double Cocoa 

 Nut Palms, 25>! — Articles 

 manufactured from, 252-253 



Cocoa Plum, . . 328 



Cocos, . . . 654 



Coflfea Arabiea, 393 — Occiden- 



talis, ... 394 



Coffeo Tree, 166, 170, 393— 

 where Native, 394— Intro- 

 duced into Europe by tlio 

 Dutch, ib. — Sale of Coffee 

 prohibited in Syria, ib. — Cof- 

 fee-houses in TurkCT ordered 

 to be shut, ib. — Coffee houses 

 when established in Paris and 

 London, 393 — mode of culti- 

 vating Coffee, 395, 396— Cof- 

 fee, Curing of, ib. — Qualities 

 of, ... 396 



Cou:, . . 250 



— Cordage, . . ib. 



Coix, ... 88 



ColchicacesB, . . 202 



Colchicum, or Meadow Saffron, 546 

 Colebrookdale Ironstone, 662 



Coleoptilc, . ■ 105 



Coleorhiza, . 31, 103 



Colocynth, . . 6.'i8 



Colouring Matter, . . 140 



Columella, the, . . 92 



Combretacca;, . . 643 



Commclineae, . . 202 



Comose Roots, . . 15 



Compound Leaves, 39 



Comptonia, . . 652 



Cone of Long-Leaved Pine, 465 

 Confervites, . . 656 



Conical Roots, . . 15 



Conifera", 455— Families of, 456, 

 650, 658 — Leaves Fascicled, 

 ib. — Leaves Solitary, ib. — 

 Leaves Similar, ib. . 664 



Connaracca;, . . 647 



Consumption, . . 133 



Contorted Roots, . . 15 



Contortion, . . 132 



Convallarites, . . 6.54 



ConvolvulaceSB, . 619 



Copal, . . .148 



Coi)aivaTree,147,663— itsslruc- 

 turc, its balsamic juices, how 

 obtained, 664 — its qualities 

 and uses, . . 564 



Cardiocarpum Acutum, . 658 

 Cork, 151- Tree, lG4-Oak, 428 

 Com, Geographical distribution 



of, . . . 161 



Cornel Cherry, . . 447 



Corolla, . . . 12,66 



Cortical Pores, 21 — QIands, ib. 



— Layers, 20, 22 — System of 



Stems, . . .30 



Page 

 Oorylus Avellena, 385 — Ameri- 

 cana, 386- Colurna, . 386 

 Corymb, . . .72 

 Corymbifersc, . . 623 

 Corypha Cci'ifera, . . 262 

 Costard-monger, . 322 

 Costmary or Alecost, . 493 

 Cotton, 168— Plant, 405— its va- 

 rieties, early history of its cul- 

 tivation and use, ib. — grows 

 in Upper Egypt, 406 — culti- 

 vated at present in the Le- 

 vant, ib. — and in various other 

 countries, ib. — Bengal a great 

 cotton market, 407 — importa- 

 tion of raw cotton from East 

 Indies,ib. — cultivated in Italy, 

 ib.— Cotton Trade, ib.— Cot- 

 ton Plant, Herbaceous, 408 — 

 Cotton, Barbadoes, Indian, 

 Tree, ib. — Vine-leaved, Hairy, 

 Spotted-barked, Silk, 409-^ 

 Cotton Plant, general descrip- 

 tion of its culture and -pre- 

 paration, ib. 412 — consump- 

 tion of the article, . 413 

 Cotyledonary Body, . 103 

 Cotyledons, Epigeal, . 104 



— Hypogeal, . ib. 

 Cowslip, 581 — indigenous to 



Britain, the Double Cowslip, 581 

 Craigleith quarries, . 661 



Crambe Maritima, . 299 



Cranberry, 161— Red, 347— 



American, 367— culture of, 347 

 Crassulacese, . . 640 



Creey, Anecdote of battle of, 473 

 Creeping Stem, . . 20 



Cress, localities of. 300 — culti- 

 vation of, ib. — Winter Cress, 300 

 Cretan Cistus, . . 660 



Criobotrya Japonica, . 328 



Crocus, 574 — whence its name 

 derived, peculiarities of this 

 flower,its culture, ib. — Saffron 

 Crocus used as a dye, and 

 formerly as a medicine, 575 



Crops, Rotation, . . 670 



Croton, 542 — Casearilla Croton, 



ib.— Oil, . . .648 



Crowberry, . " . 347 



Cro-vvn Impcriid Fritillary, 576 



Crueiferffi, 292 — localities of, ib. 



— useful qualities of, ib. 630 



Cryptogamic Plants, 12 — Fruc- 

 tification, 74 — Ferns, exten- 

 sive observations regarding, 

 ib. et seq. — Mosses, 76 — an- 

 cient opinions and modem 

 discoveries relating to them, 

 ib. 77 — description of the 

 flowers of Mosses, ib. — fertile 

 flowers, ib. — Cryptogamus 

 flowers destitute of sexual 

 organs, 78, 79 — Hepaticctc, 

 their reproduction, ib. 80— 

 Algffi, their fructification, ib. 

 — Lichens, ib. — propage of, 

 ib. — fuel, ib.— Fungi, repro- 

 duction of, . . 80 

 Cucumber, 378 — Receipts for 

 the use of, by Dr. Abernethy, 

 378— Tree, . . .452 

 Cucumis Mclo, . . 376 



— Sativa . . 378 

 Cucurbita, 378 — Pcpo, ib. — Ci- 



trullus, 37.9 — Aurantia, ib, — 

 Melopepo, ib. — Sueoada, 379 



Cuenrbitaccffi, . 376,64 1 



Cud-bear, (Lichen Tartarcus.) 198 

 Culm or Straw, its nature and 



structure, . . 19 



Culmites, . . . 654 



rage 

 Cultivation, Improvement of, 341 

 Cup, of the Nepenthes Distilla- 



toria, . . .45 



Cupressinea.', . . 650,653 



Cupulifera;, . . . 650 



Curdistan, Products of, . 165 



Currants of Commerce, what 



they are, 341,344— Black, 844 



—Red, ... 344 



Curry, .250 



Custard Apple, . . 376 



Cuticle, 20— its Structure, 20 



Cycadea;, . . 651,665 



Cyeadesdeae, . . 653 



Cycadites, . . . 653 



Cycas Circinalis, . 241,261 



Cyclamen, . . . 690 



Cyclopteris, . . 655 



Cydenia Cliinensis, . . .328 



Cyme, ... 72 



Cynara Scolymus, . . 305 



CynarooephaliB, . . 623 



Cynips, . . .381 



Cyperaceee, . . 202 



Cypress, . . , 475 



Cystieereus, an Animal Hydat- 



ed, 4 — its Structure, . 4 



Cytinese, . . . 611 



Dahlia, 168— whence named, 



its Varieties, &c. . 679, 680 

 Daisy, . . . 689 



Dandelion, . . 656 



Darkness, effects of, . 123 



Dates, an article of foo ', 255 

 — Various Uses, . 2.i6-2S7 



Date Palm, 253,— Manner of 

 impregnating, 254, 255, — 

 where found, 257— an em- 

 blem of majestv, . 258 

 Date Plum, Chinese, . 371 

 Daueus Carota, . . 283 

 Danm Palm, . . 258 

 l^ead Sea Frait, fables concern- 

 ing, . . .881 

 DecandoUe advances Botanical 



Knowledge, . . 3 



Decay, Natural, . 133 



Dianthca!, . . .639 



Diehotomous Stem, . . 20 



Dicotyledonous Plant.'!, 12, 103, 

 271— Divisions of,271— Fami- 

 lies of, . . 61 1 

 Didynamia, . . 87 

 Digger, the, . . 678 

 Digitalis, . . 654 

 Digitate Roots, . .15 

 Dill, ... 291 

 Dilleniacca!, . . . 626 

 Dimoc.arpus Licliti, . 370 

 Dioecia Female, . . 85 

 Dioscorcw, 202 — Dioscorea Ala- 



ta, 263— Sativa, . _ 263 



Dioscorides, his Work on Medi- 

 cal Botany, . . 2 

 Diosmea;, . . 628 

 Diospyrus Kaki, . .371 

 Dipsaceie, . . 624 

 Discs, , . . 664 

 Disk of a Leaf, 38 — Epigynous, 

 89 — Hypogenous,ib. — Perigy- 

 nous, ... 89 

 Dissemination, . . 97 

 Diumal Flowers, . 73 

 Dodona^aeea;, . . 634 

 Dogwood, . . 447 

 Dombeyaccae, . . 630 

 Double Rocket, 688— how Cul- 

 tivated, . . 688 

 Douglas Pine, . . 470 

 Dragon's Blood Tree, 47, 479 

 Dropsy, . . . 130 

 Droscra, or Sun Dew, . 128 



